topgallant forecastle

All members of the class were flush-decked, but with a long topgallant forecastle.

There were several hits below the waterline forward, and a cannon had exploded, killing or wounding twenty men and damaging the topgallant forecastle.

Topgallant forecastle deck: Any raised deck occurring above the forecastle deck (see above).

During the Battle of Mobile Bay on August 5, 1864, he manned an artillery gun on the topgallant forecastle (a deck at the top of the ship's forecastle).

While on the Sciota off New Orleans, in April 1862, he was commended by Fleet Captain Henry H. Bell, for "gallantly working the rifle on the topgallant forecastle."